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... Propertius , are complete . The chapter on the Odes of Horace ( from the middle of Section II . p . 149 , ' If Horace lived , ' & c . , to the end , p . 199 ) has had less of the author's revision than the others : the manuscript ...
... Propertius , are complete . The chapter on the Odes of Horace ( from the middle of Section II . p . 149 , ' If Horace lived , ' & c . , to the end , p . 199 ) has had less of the author's revision than the others : the manuscript ...
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... Propertius , and Ovid . · Common aims and methods of the elegiac poets The poetry of pleasure : ' dulcedo otii ' • The perfection of Roman elegy in Tibullus and Ovid Change of literary taste : the circle of Maecenas and the circle of ...
... Propertius , and Ovid . · Common aims and methods of the elegiac poets The poetry of pleasure : ' dulcedo otii ' • The perfection of Roman elegy in Tibullus and Ovid Change of literary taste : the circle of Maecenas and the circle of ...
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... PROPERTIUS : LIFE AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS . Varying estimates of Propertius Fortunes of his poetry in different ages 262 · 263 His biography : founded chiefly on his own statements • 264 265 Dates of his poems 267 Problems of his ...
... PROPERTIUS : LIFE AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS . Varying estimates of Propertius Fortunes of his poetry in different ages 262 · 263 His biography : founded chiefly on his own statements • 264 265 Dates of his poems 267 Problems of his ...
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... Propertius recognised by Maecenas The second book : protestations and reproaches The third book : disillusion Cynthia in the fourth book The fourth book probably left unfinished at the death of Propertius Poetical ambition : relation of ...
... Propertius recognised by Maecenas The second book : protestations and reproaches The third book : disillusion Cynthia in the fourth book The fourth book probably left unfinished at the death of Propertius Poetical ambition : relation of ...
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... Propertius , and other scenes sacred to the Latin Muse . Of these twenty years , little is to be said , с 3 WILLIAM YOUNG SELLAR xxxvii The birthplace of Propertius.
... Propertius , and other scenes sacred to the Latin Muse . Of these twenty years , little is to be said , с 3 WILLIAM YOUNG SELLAR xxxvii The birthplace of Propertius.
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addressed admiration Alcaeus ancient appears artistic Augustan age Augustus battle of Actium Caesar career Catullus character charm Cicero composition connexion contemporaries criticism Cynthia death Delia didactic earlier earliest Edinburgh Academy elegiac poets elegies enjoyed Ennius Epicureanism Epistles Epodes ethical expression familiar favour feeling friends genial genius Greek happiness honour Horace Horace's human idealising imagination impression influence inspiration interest intimacy irony Italian Julius Florus Juvenal later Latin letters lines literary literature living Lucilius Lucretius lyrical art lyrical poets Maecenas Messalla metre mind modern mood moral nature Odes Ovid passages passion philosophy pleasure poem poetical poetry probably Propertius realised recognise reflexion relation Republic Roman poets Rome Sabellian Sabine farm Satires satirist second book seems Sellar sense serious shows social society speaks spirit style sympathy Tacitus taste temper thought Tibullus Tibur tion tone Varius Venusia verse Virgil words writings written youth καὶ
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Page 114 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error.
Page xxvii - Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about : but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went...
Page 302 - Ordiar et caeso moenia firma Remo, Eductosque pares silvestri ex ubere reges, Crescet et ingenium sub tua iussa meum...
Page 168 - Non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum; rectius occupat Nomen beati, qui deorum Muneribus sapienter uti Duramque callet pauperiem pati Peiusque leto flagitium timet, Non ille pro caris amicis Aut patria timidus perire.
Page 318 - ... nec tibi clamatae somnus amarus erit. sola eris et solos spectabis, Cynthia, montes et pecus et fines pauperis agricolae. illic te nulli poterunt corrumpere ludi, fanaque peccatis plurima causa tuis. 10 illic assidue tauros spectabis arantes, et vitem docta ponere falce comas ; atque ibi rara feres inculto tura sacello, haedus ubi agrestes corruet ante focos ; protinus et nuda choreas imitabere sura ; omnia ab externo sint modo tuta viro.
Page 315 - ... niger clauderet ora liquor : 'Di maris Aegaei quos sunt penes aequora, Venti, Et quaecumque meum degravat unda caput, Quo rapitis miseros tenerae lanuginis annos?
Page 111 - Vivere si recte nescis decede peritis. Lusisti satis, edisti satis atque bibisti : Tempus abire tibi est, ne potum largius aequo Rideat et pulset lasciva decentius aetas.
Page 243 - Messalla meus, cui dulcia poma Delia selectis detrahat arboribus: Et tantum venerata virum, hunc sedula curet, Huic paret atque epulas ipsa ministra gerat.